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going to put a computer on every desk .’” The company recently reached its 60,000 charging bays shipped mark , which the CEO remarked as a substantial metric to motivate staff . However , in order to achieve its goal of connecting all of the UK , Pod Point would need to install a total of 10mn stations across the country – this would reach a ratio of one station per three vehicles .
Pod Point ’ s operations currently run in the UK and Norway ; Fairbairn targeted the Nordic nation due to its sustainable advances . Around 60 % of new vehicles sold each month in Norway have an electric plug on them , compared to the UK ’ s 4 %, the CEO revealed . “ I feel that we ’ re really dealing with a market which the UK is going to feel like in five years ’ time ,” Fairbairn states .
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“ POD POINT WAS FOUNDED ON THE BELIEF THAT TRAVEL SHOULD NOT DAMAGE THE EARTH ”
— Erik Fairbairn , Chief Executive Officer & Founder of Pod Point
FEBRUARY 2019